Morris 80 plastic tour bolt

ABSTRACT

When combined with a metal point, this ten inch plastic pistol crossbow bolt is designed to extend past the barrel of a pistol crossbow so it can be used for recreational shooting, competition shooting, small game hunting, pistol crossbow fishing and pistol crossbow scuba fishing. The main fault of the standard pistol crossbow bolt is they are less than seven inches in length and do not extend past the end of a pistol crossbow barrel. Therefore, their use is limited to target points and recreational shooting only. Other faults of the standard short pistol crossbow bolts are their high travel speed. They are very difficult to be viewed in flight, causing most bolts to be lost after one use. Also, their irretrievability from any commonly used target. Therefore, they cannot be found and scored in any type of shooting competition. This ten inch bolt is a solid one piece unit made of a strong but, light weight plastic compound. It has a NOCK to securely hold the bow string in place. Most bolts do not have a nock. it has two FLAT WINGS for elevation stabilizing which creates an accurate and stable bolt flight. No other bolt has this type of flat wings. These features allow this bolt to be easily viewed in flight. This also allows this bolt to be used for competition shooting because these bolts can be easily located, scored and then retrieved from any type competition target. The shaft has a THREADED TIP to accept almost any type metal point.

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Provisional Application # 62/404,593

Filing Date: Oct. 5, 2016

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BACKGROUND

This plastic pistol crossbow bolt is made for the fifty to eighty poundpistol crossbows. It is nine and one quarter inches in length with athreaded tip to receive a metal point. Total length of this bolt willdepend on the length of any metal point used. This new bolt solves manyproblems often found with the restricted uses of the bolts commonly usedwith pistol crossbows. The commonly used pistol crossbow bolts are aboutsix inches in length. Those short bolts cause lack of visibility duringflight, difficulty in locating upon impact and irretrievability of thoseshort bolts after impact into any standard target. For that reason,those short pistol crossbow bolts cannot be used for any tournamentcompetition, small game hunting, pistol crossbow fishing or pistolcrossbow scuba fishing. The MORRIS 80 PLASTIC TOUR BOLT solves thoseproblems. Any pistol crossbow bolts, made of metal and designed withsufficient length to solve some of the above stated problems, requiresome type of fetches be attached to those bolts for stability duringflight. During use, those fletches often becomes loosened and requiresconstant reattachment and repair. That becomes is a major problem withthe metal pistol crossbow bolts. The MORRIS 80 PLASTIC TOUR BOLT is aone piece solid plastic unit including two wings to stabilize flightelevation. it does not require added fletches be glued into place orcontinued reattachment of fletches.

SUMMARY

A plastic pistol crossbow bolt created by injection mold. Boltcomposition is durable plastic with nylon reinforcement. Bolt is nineand one quarter inches in length. Bolt is designed with two wings tostabilize bolt elevation. Bolt has a threaded tip designed to extendpast the barrel end and, use a variety of metal points included target,hunting, fishing and field points. No other pistol crossbow bolt isdesigned with two wings of this design or, uses this variety of points.This plastic pistol crossbow bolt, with its extended length, uniquedesign and versatility in point usage, is designed to totally change andenhance the way any pistol crossbow is used.

DESCRIPTION

FIG. 1 shows the pistol crossbow bolt of the present invention viewedfrom above.

FIG. 2 shows the pistol crossbow bolt of the present invention viewedfrom side.

FIG. 3 shows the pistol crossbow bolt of the present invention viewedfrom tip end.

FIG. 4 shows a three dimensional view of the pistol crossbow bolt of thepresent invention.

DESCRIPTION

The pistol crossbow bolt (1) is nine and one quarter inches in length(FIG. 1). The bolt is a solid durable light weight plastic with nylonreinforcement. Each wing (3) is tapered from five-sixteenths of an inchwidth down to approximately one-sixteenth of an inch width startingthree-quarters of an inch from the nook (2) down the length of the fiveinch wing (FIG. 1). Bolt includes a nock (1), two flat wings (4), ashaft (3) and a threaded tip (2) to receive a variety of metal points.(FIG. 2) This bolt, when fitted with a metal point, is designed to reachor extend past the end of any pistol crossbow barrel. (FIG.2). Each wing(2) is one-sixteenth of an inch thick (FIG. 3). Each of the two sidewings (2) are flat and level with the top of the shaft. (FIG. 3) Thebolt'shaft (3) is five-sixteenths of an inch in diameter (FIG. 3) and isdowel shaped (FIG. 3).

1. A plastic pistol crossbow bolt designed for use with a non-standardpistol crossbow that uses an extended retention spring limb, having abarrel, comprising: a shaft comprising a solid one piece injectionmolded plastic unit having a length of approximately nine and one halfinches with a nock on a first end which is configured to securely hold astring of a pistol crossbo; two flat wings level with an upper surfaceof the shaft to control elevation during bolt flight; and a threaded endpiece on a second end configured to accommodate a variety of metalpoints.